Friday, November 5, 2010

BC176 Veteran's Day Tribute

This weeks Bloggers Challenge is Patriotic, in honor of Veterans Day. The process of creating is a fascinating one to me. Once I knew what the theme of the challenge was, I knew I would use one of my Artistic Outpost stamp sets, either Hero or She-roes. Both have wonderful stamps which fit the theme. I chose the Statue of Liberty from She-roes. I had the raised and split background in mind. That's when fate took over. I just received the Tim Holtz Holiday Paper Stack and therein was the perfect background for a patriotic card--a page of patriotic related words. "Life, Liberty, Old Glory, Red, White Blue, American Flag, etc." The final coincidence was when I was putting away some of the "stuff" from one of the moving boxes I found this chipboard star which was the perfect background for the focal image. I guess you can say that this card just came together.

About Me

I am Barbara Washington. I live in Chicago with my two daughters, my grandson and granddaughter, and four cats. For many years I worked as a librarian in the local college system. Now I am retired and I have discovered that I enjoy creating art. I started rubber stamping over fifteen years ago as something to play with, but it has grown into a passion. I love making cards and atc's, but I also love trying new techniques and using new media. Over the years I have made the acquaintance of many on-line friends. I have benefited so much from the sharing of art and ideas through swaps, challenges and dialog.